Senator Ben Murray Bruce pictured with Chris Ndulue, managing director of Arik as the airline with the largest fleet in the country, resumes full operation Wednesday (today)...
Sen Murray Bruce who shared these photos via his social media account yesterday, wrote; 'Sir, We are back tomorrow. Thank you for #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira. It has been a great help to Arik'-Chris Ndulue, MD Arik to Ben Murray-Bruce.
Meanwhile, Arik, airline will resume full operation Wednesday after Tuesdays suspension of operations due to its inability to renew its aircraft insurance.
“We have resolved the issues relating to the insurance. Our flights have resumed but our full operations will start tomorrow. Two flights are already leaving to Port Harcourt and Abuja this evening. We sincerely apologise to our clients,” Adebanji Ola, its spokesman said in a statement.
In another statement, the Group CEO, Dr. Michael Arumemi-Ikhide, apologised to its passengers and said the airline was fully committed to normal operations and minimise any unfortunate inconvenience to them.
“Where flights have been cancelled, the airline will notify passengers through SMS and in such cases, passengers will be accommodated on first available alternative flight as soon as normal flight operations resume,” he said.
The airline had tuesday afternoon announced suspension of operations owing to difficulties in getting approval for its aircraft insurance.
“Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest airline, has alerted all air travellers of a temporary disruption to its operations, pending approval of aircraft documentation related to insurance renewal,” the airline said in statement by Ola,” adding: “we working around the clock to resolve the necessary documentation, which has been a challenge due to the long weekend holidays due to Ed-el-Kabir.”
The development left many passengers stranded at airports across the country, many of whom were returning to work after the Moslem festival.
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